Diffey v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted upon an information duly filed by the county attorney in the district court of Tillman county on the 5th day April, 1911, charging the crime of rape upon the person of Floy Marsh, a female over the age of 16 years and under the age of 18, to wit, the age of 17 ji-ears, and of previous chaste and virtuous character, and not then and there the wife of the defendant, alleged to have been committed on the-day of September, 1910. On the 17th day of October, the jury returned their verdict finding the defendant guilty as charged and assessed his punishment at…